Firefly - Cloud Asset Management (contract)

My primary use case for Firefly  is cloud asset visibility, governance, and tracking across AWS  environments.

For cloud asset visibility and governance in my AWS  environment, Firefly  helps me to quickly identify untagged and orphaned resources across multiple AWS accounts that I have. This allowed me to enforce ownership and clean up unused assets that were visible to me.

Firefly simply acts as a single source of truth for my cloud inventory and governance, and it complements my existing cloud and FinOps processes rather than replacing them.

Features such as Cloud Asset Discovery, Tagging Compliance, Ownership Mapping, and Cost Visibility are the strongest features that Firefly offers in my experience.

Among those features, I find myself relying on Tagging Compliance the most because I am relying on Tagging Compliance to tag all the cloud inventory with it.

Firefly has positively impacted my organization by improving visibility, accountability, and governance maturity of my cloud.

I have already reduced manual cloud audits by 40 to 50 percent and identified several unused or unowned resources for cleanup. While it is still early to say, it has definitely helped me a lot.

In my opinion, more advanced automation and prescriptive remediation would definitely add value to Firefly.

Enhanced reporting flexibility and deeper historical trend analysis would be useful improvements for Firefly.

It is early to rate it since I have been using it for a couple of months only, but the more I leverage its features, the more I realize its true value. However, I still see a lot of improvement scope in their service. I may still be figuring that out, but it definitely has a long way to go.

At the moment, I believe it is too early for me to report any additional improvements needed. I am still evaluating and using it, as I just started using it.

I have been using Firefly for around three to four months, approximately.

Firefly has been stable in my usage so far.

Scalability looks strong based on my current usage of Firefly.

Firefly's customer support has been responsive and helpful, especially during onboarding.

Previously, I relied on native cloud tools and spreadsheets for managing the same work, and I switched to Firefly to get centralized visibility and governance without heavy manual efforts.

I purchased Firefly through the AWS Marketplace .

I have definitely seen a return on investment with money and time saved.

So far, my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is good. I do not face any challenges; it appears to be transparent.

Before choosing Firefly, I evaluated native AWS tools and a few FinOps and cloud visibility platforms.

I would advise others looking into using Firefly that it works best when paired with clear ownership and governance processes. Defining tagging and accountability standards early helps to get maximum value.

Firefly is definitely a strong platform for organizations early to mid-journey in cloud governance and FinOps. With continued automation and reporting enhancements, it can deliver even more value.

I find this interview well-structured and easy to follow.

My overall review rating for Firefly is an 8 out of 10.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

What do you like best about the product?

Firefly Cloud Infrastructure Automation greatly facilitates the management and deployment of infrastructure through a clear interface and well-structured workflows.

What do you dislike about the product?

At the beginning, the setup can be a bit complex; there are many features and concepts to understand before becoming fully autonomous.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Firefly Cloud Infrastructure Automation helps me solve the problems of repetitive manual deployments, inconsistency between environments, and waiting time to deploy new services to production.

I have been using Firefly  for creator purposes, specifically for creating images, videos, vectors, and design elements.

I have been working on a few projects that require documentation, and those projects need images, videos, and vectors. Firefly  serves this purpose for me.

I am still experimenting with Firefly, so I have a long journey ahead.

Firefly's overall seamless integration with Adobe tools like Photoshop  stands out in my experience and has been helpful.

The integration with Adobe tools has made several tasks easier that were previously taking longer to complete. This integration of Firefly with the Adobe tool ecosystem as a whole helped us cut time.

Creative workflows have become shorter with Firefly, and that is giving us more time to work on the development part. Earlier, about two to three hours used to go into making technical diagrams and structures, which has been shortened down to thirty minutes now with Firefly.

At times the image quality from Firefly is inconsistent. That is something that could be improved.

There is limited creative visibility that could be worked on. Firefly is already a pretty good tool, but if those shortcomings are improved, then this would be a ten-out-of-ten product.

I have been using Firefly for about two to three months.

Firefly is stable in my experience.

I have not been required to scale Firefly out or in as per my use case, so I am not able to provide a precise answer to this question.

We have had one interaction where we were stuck and the team helped us get unblocked. It was a good experience, and I would rate the customer support at nine out of ten.

Positive

We did not use anything else that was helping us generate images with artificial intelligence.

I can tell you about time savings, but the exact metrics are beyond the scope of my work, so I do not have them. Personally speaking, I have been spending less time on creating visuals for presentations and documentation purposes. If your work is intensively centered on visuals, then Firefly is a good product. I would rate this product at eight out of ten overall.

Public Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

What do you like best about the product?

It shows all my cloud resources in one place and makes it easy to turn them into code. I also like how simple it is to keep things organized and secure.

What do you dislike about the product?

Some features take time to learn, and it can feel a bit expensive for smaller teams.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Firefly helps me keep track of all my cloud resources, even the ones created outside of code. It reduces mistakes, keeps everything organized, and saves time by turning existing setups into reusable code.

What do you like best about the product?

The Firefly Cloud Infrastructure Automation Approach has fundamentally changed how we manage and standardize how we run our cloud infrastructure. It easily integrates into the ecosystem of tools, workflows, and processes we have already in place in the DevOps area. This allows us to deploy faster with less error. Its real-time view of our infrastructure as code state keeps our security posture and compliance in mind on all environments. The drift detection and drift fixing features are tremendous for maintaining our standardization. Ultimately, it enhances the operational efficiency of our cloud development processes and helps to accelerate time to value.

What do you dislike about the product?

Although Firefly has solid automation capabilities, the onboarding and set-up might be overwhelming for teams that are new to IaC, and those that have differing cloud providers they use. The learning curve can be a little high, and additional documentation or examples on features that are a docu-tion better, would help with some advanced features. Also, the price model may not be the best if you are part of a small team or startup with budget limitations. Some UI seems a little unintuitive so some actions have extra steps to perform a basic tasks.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Firefly Cloud Infrastructure Automation is solving a few real headaches for me and my team. One big problem is the time we used to waste managing cloud resources manually